Homiletics Study - Children of the Promise
Lesson 15 Passage: 1 Samuel 28-31
Content (List of Topics or Events)
Saul and Philistine prepare for battle (1 Samuel 28-29)
a. Saul in fear seek advice from medium (28:1-7)
b. Saul consults medium to talk to Samuel (28:8-14)
c. Saul ask Samuel for direction (28:15)
d. Samuel’s words indict Saul of not obeying Lord telling of his defeat (28:16-19)
e. Saul falls to ground in fear (28:20)
f. Woman (medium) prepares food and feeds Saul and his men (28:21-25)
g. Philistine question Achish about David’s battle loyalties (29:1-5)
h. David is sent back to land of Philistines (29:6-11)
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David and Amalekites raiders (1 Samuel 30)
a. Amalekites raid and take women, children and plunder (1-2)
b. David and men in distress over situation (3-6a)
d. David Inquires of the Lord for what to do (6b-8)
e. David with 600 men pursue raiders and find Egyptian left behind (9-14).
f. Egyptian leads David and retrieves all that was taken (15-20)
g. David splits plunder with all including those who stayed behind (21-31)
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Saul & family dead in battle with Philistine (1 Samuel 31)
a. Saul wounded in fierce battle with Philistines (1-3)
b. Saul requests armor-bearer to run through with his sword (4a)
c. Saul and armor-bearer fall on swords and die; Saul’s sons also die (4b-6)
d. Israelites flee and Philistines occupy (7)
e. Philistine take Saul’s head and armor and display it (8-10)
f. People of Jabesh Gilead after learning of Saul take and sons bodies and they are buried in Jabesh (11-13)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
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Saul and Philistine prepare for battle – Without God
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1 Samuel 28-29
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David and Amalekites raiders – Consulting God
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1 Samuel 30
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Saul & family dead in battle with Philistines – God’s Judgment
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1 Samuel 31
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Saul dies Philistine battle and God consulted in righteous rescue
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATL that God should be consulted and our resource in life’s adversities.
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Specific Application Questions
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How do you prepare for things that frighten you? Does God have an important role?
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In grief, where do you place your trust and what ways are you relying on God for direction?
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3.
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How are you honoring others with respect?
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Principles to Remember
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Our resource in need is God
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God is our companion in victory
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In everything we can show respect
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Characteristic of God
Resource
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Theme
God is in control in all the details
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God’s Word - What’s happening?
God’s Heart – What does God care about?
Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today
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